Auction 85
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Nov 7, 2019
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LOT 188:
(SZYK, ARTHUR).
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Estimated price :
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3,000 - $5,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On commission only
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(SZYK, ARTHUR).
Rewolucja w Niemczech [“Revolution in Germany.”] Polish text by Julian Tuwim.
FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by Szyk throughout.
pp. (30). Original pictorial wrappers bound with burgundy cord, light wear. Oblong 4to.
Lodz - Warsaw: Ksiazka i Sztuka 1919
Scarce first edition of the first work completely illustrated by Arthur Szyk. A political satire by the celebrated Polish poet Julian Tuwim, mocking the German nation and its extreme ethnocenterism in the aftermath of World War I. See J.P. Ansell, Arthur Szyk: Artist, Jew, Pole (2004) pp. 23-6.
Scarce first edition of the first work completely illustrated by Arthur Szyk. A political satire by the celebrated Polish poet Julian Tuwim, mocking the German nation and its extreme ethnocenterism in the aftermath of World War I. See J.P. Ansell, Arthur Szyk: Artist, Jew, Pole (2004) pp. 23-6.
